Safe Schools Act

Safe Schools Act (Linked to Missouri General Assembly Website)
HB 1301 and 1298 (1996) Section by Section Analysis below	SB 944 (2000) Section by Section Analysis below Revises prohibitions on drugs and weapons on school premises. Summary for SB 944
Section 160.261 Discipline, written policy established by local boards of education-contents-reporting requirements-need to know defined-weapons offense, mandatory suspension or expulsion-no civil liability for authorized personnel-spanking not child abuse, when-investigation procedure-officials falsifying reports, penalty.	Section 160.261.2 Adds to the list of criminal acts that must be reported by school officials to law enforcement the crimes of child molestation in the first degree (section 566.067), deviate sexual assault (section 566.070) and sexual misconduct (section 566.083).
Section 161.210 State board may modify or waive rules, when.	Section 160.261.3 Clarifies that provisions of the gun-free schools act applies to bringing a weapon to all areas of the school and to school activities.
Section 161.650 Department to identify and adopt violence prevention program, district to administer-state board to adopt violence prevention program-duties-administered how-funding.	Section 160.522 Requires the state board of education to include in the local district public reporting model suspensions longer than ten (10) days and expulsions. Deletes outdated implementation date for the reporting model.
Section 162.680 Disabled children to be educated with others whenever possible	Section 160.660 Requires that the state board of education include a school facilities and safety criteria to the Missouri School Improvement Program.
Section 167.020 Registration requirements-residency-homeless child defined-recovery of costs, when-records to be requested, provided, when, penalty-state board to establish rules.	Section 160.700 Creates a pilot program for public middle school students using military training and motivation methods. Creates the “National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund to receive grants, donations and appropriations for operating the program.
Section 167.023 Affidavit required for admission, penalty.	Section 161.650.1 Amends the existing mandate for a violence prevention program by requiring the department of elementary and secondary education to adopt a program and to allow the content of that program to expand beyond the topic areas listed in the statute.
Section 167.026 Expungement of disciplinary records, exception.	Section 161.650.2 Deletes outdated implementation date for program implementation.
Section 167.029 School uniforms.	Section 161.650.3 Amends the authorization for program grants to provide for implementation upon determination that the categorical add-on for school safety provided under 163.031.3 under the bill is insufficient to implement local district programs.
Section 167.113 Compliance with federal laws relating to pupil rights required.	Section 163.031.3 Creates a categorical add-on for school violence prevention programs.
Section 167.115 Juvenile officer to report to superintendent, when, how-- superintendent to report certain acts, to whom--notice of suspension or expulsion to court--superintendent to consult.	Section 165.011 Authorizes an additional transfer for school districts to be made from the Incidental Fund to the Capital Projects Fund. The purpose of this transfer is for school safety and security purposes.
Section 167.117 Principal, teachers, school employees to report certain acts, to whom, exceptions-limit on liability-penalty.	Section 165.016 Excludes school safety and security expenditures from the certificated salary compliance calculation.
Section 167.161 Suspension or expulsion of pupil-notice-hearing-felony violation, grounds for suspension.	Section 167.020.1, .4 & .5 Allows military-issued guardianships to be used for purposes of student residency requirements under the Safe Schools Act. Current law would allow recognition of only court-ordered guardianships.
Section 167.164 Suspension or expulsion not to relieve duty to educate-district to pay costs of alternative education-voucher-district may contract for alternative education services.	Section 167.020.7 Amends the timeline for school districts to request student records from 48 hours to two business days after enrollment. Aligns the standards for access to student records with the provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and allows school districts to disclose student records to law enforcement and juvenile authorities consistent with FERPA.
Section 167.171 Summary suspension of pupil-appeal-grounds for suspension-procedure--conference required, when-statewide suspension, when.	Section 167.023 Amends the requirement of parental disclosure of prior student expulsions relating to weapons, alcohol, drugs or willful injury to another. Includes expulsion from public and private schools.
Section 167.335 Alternative education grants-qualifications-joint applications.	Section 167.115.1 Adds to the list of criminal acts that must be reported to school officials for conduct outside of school to include the crimes of child molestation in the first degree (section 566.067), deviate sexual assault (section 566.070) and sexual misconduct (section 566.083). Expands the list of mandated reporters from just juvenile officers to include sheriff, chief of police or other appropriate law enforcement authority.
Section 167.624 Lifesaving training-CPR.	Section 167.115.2 Requires a second notification to school officials upon disposition of the cases under section 167.115.1.
Section 167.627 Self-administered medication-requirements.	Section 167.115.3 Amends the current restriction on use of the notification under section 167.115.1 as the sole basis for denying education services to the student so that it applies only to public schools.
Section 170.260 Motivated students program, requirements.	Section 167.115.6 Provides that the notice received under section 167.115.1 shall be forwarded to subsequent schools in which the student seeks enrollment.
Section 195.017 Substances, how placed in schedules-list of scheduled substances--publication of schedules annually.	Section 167.115.7 Provides that non-public schools, along with the other responsibilities under the section, shall receive the notice provided under Section 167.115.1. Provides good faith immunity to officials reporting information under the section.
Section 195.214 Distribution of a controlled substance near schools, penalty.	Section 167.117.2 Clarifies the provisions of the safe schools act requiring notice by school officials to law enforcement of any incident in which a student is found in possession of a weapon or a controlled substance so that it applies to all areas of the school and to school activities.
Section 195.246 Possession of ephedrine, penalty.	Section 167.117.4 Expands the good faith immunity granted to school officials making reports under this section to include reports to law enforcement and juvenile authorities.
Section 195.248 Marketing of ephedrine, penalty.	Section 167.171.3 Current law provides that a public school may not enroll a student suspended for 10 days for an action of school violence or some other disciplinary matter from a public school without holding an admission conference. This requirement is amended to apply to both public and private school suspensions for more than 10 days for an act of school violence.
Section 211.188 Court may order work for restitution--not an employee.	Section 167.171.4 Current law provides a process by which a public school district may recognize student disciplinary actions of another school district in the state. The law is amended to allow recognition of those actions whether taken by a district in-state or out-of-state, in a public, private or charter school.
Section 302.272 School bus permit, qualifications-permit renewal, when-fee-temporary permits-grounds for refusal to issue or renew permit-criminal record checks of applicants.	Section 170.250 Establishes a funding floor for the Video Instructional Development and Educational Opportunity Fund of at least $4.0 million.
Section 304.076 Head Start buses to bear signs.	Section 210.865 School districts would be authorized to coordinate their information systems to allow sharing of information regarding children tracked by certain state agencies including circuit courts, social services, health and mental health.
Section 565.075 Assault while on school property, penalty.	Section 475.060 Authorizes appointment of a guardianship for school registration and medical insurance coverage.
Section 574.085 Institutional vandalism.	Section 475.070 Amends the requirement of service for the appointment of a guardianship for school registration and medical insurance coverage.
Section 575.090 False bomb report.	Section 569.155 Creates the crime of trespass of a school bus.
	Section 571.030 Adds to the crime of unlawful use of a weapon carrying a firearm into a school, onto a school bus or to a school activity. Provides an exception for possession of a weapon in a vehicle used to drop off or pick up a student from school or if the weapon is present for a school-sanctioned activity.
	Section 574.115 Creates the crime of terroristic threat for knowingly making a false report concerning the occurrence of any catastrophe.
	Section 161.235.1 Creates within the department of elementary and secondary education a four-year competitive grant program for student suicide prevention.

Safe Schools Act (Linked to Missouri General Assembly Website)

Safe Schools Act
(Linked to Missouri General Assembly Website)